1939
Top Baby Names of 1939
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1939
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Mary 54,900 2
Barbara 37,257 3
Patricia 29,701 4
Betty 23,642 5
Shirley 20,445 6
Carol 20,166 7
Nancy 19,722 8
Judith 16,626 9
Dorothy 15,169 10
Margaret 14,951 11
Joan 14,143 12
Joyce 13,393 13
Sandra 11,970 14
Carolyn 11,290 15
Linda 10,713 16
Helen 10,419 17
Janet 10,120 18
Elizabeth 9,709 19
Marilyn 9,538 20
Donna 9,371 21
Virginia 9,227 22
Ruth 9,063 23
Sharon 9,014 24
Janice 8,779 25
Beverly 8,704 26
Frances 8,577 27
Martha 8,492 28
Judy 8,081 29
Doris 7,687 30
Phyllis 7,590 31
Alice 7,366 32
Jean 7,292 33
Ann 6,551 34
Peggy 6,050 35
Lois 6,034 36
Gloria 5,939 37
Marie 5,890 38
Norma 5,827 39
Karen 5,541 40
Evelyn 5,331 41
Geraldine 5,160 42
Rose 5,040 43
Anna 4,929 44
Susan 4,887 45
Elaine 4,785 46
Jane 4,771 47
Carole 4,679 48
Kathleen 4,656 49
Catherine 4,577 50
Wanda 4,557 51
Diane 4,339 52
Sally 4,244 53
Joanne 4,225 54
Annie 4,155 55
Mildred 4,137 56
Patsy 4,110 57
Joann 3,993 58
Dolores 3,980 59
Louise 3,958 60
Marjorie 3,907 61
Bonnie 3,887 62
Sylvia 3,870 63
Eleanor 3,810 64
Marlene 3,773 65
Loretta 3,769 66
Charlotte 3,739 67
Ruby 3,712 68
Sarah 3,671 69
Arlene 3,578 70
Jo 3,524 71
Roberta 3,409 72
Jacqueline 3,388 73
Gail 3,355 74
Irene 3,331 75
Darlene 3,287 76
Kay 3,260 77
Juanita 3,212 78
Rita 3,188 79
Delores 3,018 80
Ellen 3,005 81
Edna 2,904 82
Jeanette 2,893 83
June 2,867 84
Josephine 2,837 85
Anne 2,769 86
Brenda 2,756 87
Wilma 2,701 88
Thelma 2,696 89
Emma 2,685 90
Yvonne 2,648 91
Julia 2,635 92
Sue 2,623 93
Rosemary 2,612 94
Theresa 2,611 95
Lorraine 2,593 96
Florence 2,591 97
Anita 2,588 98
Audrey 2,569 99
Lillian 2,551 100
Ethel 2,496 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1939
1
Robert 59,659 2
James 59,636 3
John 51,025 4
William 42,073 5
Richard 35,385 6
Charles 30,786 7
David 25,359 8
Donald 24,055 9
Thomas 22,128 10
Ronald 19,835 11
George 17,888 12
Joseph 17,723 13
Kenneth 14,715 14
Larry 14,531 15
Edward 14,428 16
Jerry 13,729 17
Paul 13,336 18
Michael 10,829 19
Gerald 10,057 20
Frank 9,990 21
Gary 9,681 22
Raymond 9,252 23
Harold 8,300 24
Billy 7,475 25
Walter 7,323 26
Jack 7,306 27
Joe 7,188 28
Roger 7,155 29
Bobby 7,056 30
Carl 6,593 31
Henry 6,561 32
Arthur 6,380 33
Willie 6,309 34
Dennis 6,212 35
Ralph 5,958 36
Lawrence 5,882 37
Eugene 5,869 38
Daniel 5,797 39
Wayne 5,653 40
Fred 5,538 41
Albert 5,478 42
Roy 5,155 43
Jimmy 4,752 44
Norman 4,742 45
Harry 4,661 46
Peter 4,639 47
Howard 4,613 48
Anthony 4,609 49
Louis 4,224 50
Earl 3,896 51
Melvin 3,853 52
Marvin 3,758 53
Francis 3,721 54
Leonard 3,711 55
Ernest 3,688 56
Don 3,589 57
Stanley 3,570 58
Douglas 3,564 59
Dale 3,531 60
Clarence 3,483 61
Leroy 3,388 62
Johnny 3,370 63
Samuel 3,254 64
Bruce 3,233 65
Stephen 3,176 66
Philip 3,174 67
Bill 3,161 68
Herbert 3,097 69
Gene 3,013 70
Alfred 2,990 71
Frederick 2,972 72
Allen 2,929 73
Russell 2,833 74
Ray 2,709 75
Jim 2,636 76
Bernard 2,624 77
Tommy 2,622 78
Lee 2,589 79
Patrick 2,530 80
Jimmie 2,524 81
Eddie 2,512 82
Gordon 2,508 83
Terry 2,443 84
Andrew 2,440 85
Alan 2,330 86
Leon 2,327 87
Glenn 2,303 88
Clifford 2,291 89
Bob 2,244 90
Theodore 2,196 91
Martin 2,192 92
Phillip 2,175 93
Jerome 2,153 94
Floyd 2,094 95
Lloyd 2,087 96
Edwin 2,063 97
Tom 2,028 98
Curtis 2,012 99
Jesse 2,010 100
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These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1939, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.